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1 definition found From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: core dump n. [common Iron Age jargon, preserved by Unix] 1. [techspeak] A copy of the contents of core, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error. 2. By extension, used for humans passing out, vomiting, or registering extreme shock. ?He dumped core. All over the floor. What a mess.? ?He heard about X and dumped core.? 3. Occasionally used for a human rambling on pointlessly at great length; esp. in apology: ?Sorry, I dumped core on you?. 4. A recapitulation of knowledge (compare bits, sense 1). Hence, spewing all one knows about a topic (syn. brain dump), esp. in a lecture or answer to an exam question. ?Short, concise answers are better than core dumps? (from the instructions to an exam at Columbia). See core. [76-07-18] A core dump lands our hero in hot water.